Micro-transfer-printed light-emitting diode device
A compound light-emitting diode (LED) device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate. Two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads are formed in or on the semiconductor substrate and are electrically connected to the active electronic circuit. One or more micro-transfer printed LEDs each have at least two LED electrodes or connection pads and a fractured LED tether. An adhesive layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and each LED to adhere the semiconductor substrate to the LED. Two or more electrical conductors electrically connect one of the electrodes or LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads.
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This application claims priority to and benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 62/344,148, filed Jun. 1, 2016, entitled Micro-Transfer-Printed Light-Emitting Diode Device, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to integrated heterogeneous structures, and more particularly to light-emitting diode micro-devices, including displays.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMicro-displays are small displays, typically having a display diameter of only a few centimeters intended for viewing by only one person at a time. Often, micro-displays are found in head-mounted virtual reality or augmented reality systems and include a separate micro-display mounted in front of each of a viewer's eyes. Typical micro-display systems include projected or direct-view displays based on liquid crystal or organic light-emitting diode devices.
Micro-displays are typically near-to-eye displays that have very high resolution, for example 2500 dpi or a pitch of approximately 10 microns. Most flat-panel displays have much lower resolution, for example less than 300 dpi and rely on thin-film transistors formed on a flat-panel substrate to operate the liquid crystals or organic light-emitting diodes. However, an organic light-emitting diode display using a micro-transfer printed active-matrix controller chips for each pixel was described in AMOLED displays with transfer-printed integrated circuits published in the Journal of the SID 1071-90922/11/1904-0335 in 2011. Inorganic light-emitting diode displays are also known. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0327388 para. [0110] describes micro-transfer printed active components forming pixels in a display that include a controller controlling light-emitting diodes. However, the controller chips can have a size as large as or larger than the high-resolution pixels in a micro-display, making it difficult to maintain a very high resolution.
For some applications, particularly augmented reality applications in outdoor conditions, bright displays are necessary to provide adequate contrast for a user to view projected information. However, LCD devices and OLED devices can have inadequate brightness. Although increased power provided to such devices can increase brightness, increased power can reduce display and battery lifetime. There is a need, therefore, for a micro-display system with improved brightness, display lifetime, and battery life.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn embodiments of the present invention, a compound light-emitting diode (LED) device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate. Two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads are formed in or on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connect to the active electronic circuit. One or more LEDs have at least two LED electrodes or connection pads and a fractured LED tether. An adhesive layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and each LED. Each LED is micro-transfer printed on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED. Two or more electrical conductors each electrically connect one of the electrodes or LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads. The active electronic circuit can be located at least partially between the LED and the semiconductor substrate and can be an active-matrix control circuit for the LEDs.
The one or more LEDs can be horizontal or vertical, top emitting or bottom emitting with the connection pads on the same side or on opposite sides. The electrodes can be transparent. The LEDs can be different and therefore emit different colors in a display color pixel.
A method of making a compound light-emitting diode (LED) device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate and two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads formed on the semiconductor substrate, the active electronic circuit electrically connected to the two or more circuit connection pads, providing one or more LEDs, each LED having at least two LED connection pads and a fractured LED tether, disposing an adhesive layer between the semiconductor substrate and each LED, disposing each LED on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED, and forming two or more electrical conductors, each electrical conductor electrically connecting one of the LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads. The one or more LEDs can be micro-transfer printed from a source wafer to the semiconductor substrate.
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved brightness, resolution, device lifetime, and battery lifetime in a micro-display. By integrating active control electronic circuits in the semiconductor substrate rather than in a separate controller chip, LEDs can be disposed on or over the active electronic circuits, reducing the area needed for micro-transfer printed devices in the display and increasing the display resolution.
In one aspect, the disclosed technology includes a compound light-emitting diode (LED) device, including: a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate; two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads formed in or on the semiconductor substrate, the active electronic circuit electrically connected to the two or more circuit connection pads; one or more LEDs, each LED having at least two LED electrodes or connection pads and a fractured LED tether; an adhesive layer disposed between the semiconductor substrate and each LED, wherein each LED is micro-transfer printed on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED; and two or more electrical conductors, each electrical conductor electrically connecting one of the electrodes or LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads.
In certain embodiments, the active electronic circuit is located at least partially between the LED and the semiconductor substrate.
In certain embodiments, the LED has an opposite side opposite the semiconductor substrate and at least two of the LED connection pads are located on the opposite side.
In certain embodiments, the LED has an adjacent side adjacent to the semiconductor substrate and at least two of the LED connection pads are located on the adjacent side.
In certain embodiments, the LED has an opposite side opposite the semiconductor substrate and an adjacent side adjacent to the semiconductor substrate and at least one of the LED connection pads is located on the adjacent side and at least one of the LED connection pads is located on the opposite side.
In certain embodiments, the active electronic circuit is a control circuit that controls the one or more LEDs.
In certain embodiments, the compound LED device includes three LEDs, each LED having a different material, crystalline structure, or color of light emission.
In certain embodiments, the compound LED device includes a plurality of groups of three different LEDs, the groups arranged in an array over the semiconductor substrate.
In certain embodiments, the active electronic circuit is an active-matrix circuit.
In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate is a silicon substrate and each LED includes a compound semiconductor.
In certain embodiments, the compound LED device includes two or more connection posts, each connection post electrically connected to a circuit connection pad or an LED connection pad.
In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate is a display substrate and the one or more LEDs form a display.
In certain embodiments, the display is a color display.
In certain embodiments, each LED is directly or indirectly adhered to the semiconductor substrate with an adhesive layer.
In certain embodiments, the adhesive is a cured adhesive.
In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate has a process side, the electronic circuit is formed on or in the process side, and the LED is micro-transfer printed on the process side.
In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate or one or more LEDs has at least one of a width from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, a length from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, and a height from 2 to 5 μm, 4 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm.
In certain embodiments, the compound LED device includes a reflective structure around each LED that reflects light emitted by the LED out of the compound LED device.
In another aspect, the disclosed technology includes a method of making a compound light-emitting diode (LED) device, including: providing a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate and two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads formed on the semiconductor substrate, the active electronic circuit electrically connected to the two or more circuit connection pads; providing one or more LEDs, each LED having at least two LED connection pads and a fractured LED tether; disposing an adhesive layer between the semiconductor substrate and each LED; disposing each LED on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED; and forming two or more electrical conductors, each electrical conductor electrically connecting one of the LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads.
In certain embodiments, the method includes micro-transfer printing the one or more LEDs from a source wafer to the semiconductor substrate.
The foregoing and other objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
The features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements. The figures are not drawn to scale at least because the variation in size of various elements in the Figures is too great to permit depiction to scale.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTIONReferring to the schematic plan view of
One or more LEDs 60 each have at least two LED connection pads 34 and a fractured LED tether 94 (as shown in
LED connection pads 34 are in electrical contact with the electrodes 32 and are electrically connected with electrical conductors 40, such as wires, to the circuit connection pads 24. The LED connection pads 34 can be the electrodes 32, a portion of the electrodes 32, or a separate electrically conductive structure or patterned layer. The electrodes 32 can be, or can be a part of, the electrical conductors 40. The LED connection pads 34, the electrodes 32, and the electrical conductors 40 can be a common electrically conductive element formed in a common step or in a common process. The LED connection pads 34 need not be a distinct element from the electrical conductors 40 or electrodes 32. Alternatively, the LED connection pads 34, the electrodes 32, or the electrical conductors 40 can be made in separate steps of different materials. Connection pads are also known as contact pads for making electrical contact with a conductor to form an electrical connection.
The adhesive layer 50 can be a layer formed on the semiconductor substrate 20 or on the LED 60, or a layer disposed between the semiconductor substrate 20 and the LED 60. The adhesive layer 50 can be patterned and need not be uniformly present over the semiconductor substrate 20. For example, the adhesive layer 50 can be present only in locations where the LEDs 60 are intended and can cover only a portion of the LED area. The adhesive layer 50 can be coated, provided as a laminate, or deposited (e.g., inkjet deposited) either on the semiconductor substrate 20 or the LED 60. Inkjet deposition can provide a pattern of drops, for example drops whose location corresponds to the location of the LEDs 60. The LED 60 can include a substrate that is separate, distinct, and independent from the semiconductor substrate 20. The circuit connection pads 24 can be connected to the active electronic circuit 22, if present, and the active electronic circuit 22 is a control circuit that can, at least in part, control the LED 60. Additional conductive elements such as wires can be provided on the semiconductor substrate 20, for example electrically connected to the circuit connection pads 24 forming a circuit, such as a passive circuit, or connected to the active electronic circuit 22. As intended herein, the semiconductor substrate 20 can include layers of materials other than semiconductor materials, for example patterned conductors, dielectrics, and other circuit elements found in integrated circuits.
The compound LED device 10 is a compound device because it incorporates two different structures (e.g., the semiconductor substrate 20 and the LED semiconductor material 30). In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate 20 and the LED semiconductor material 30 include, incorporate, or are two different materials. The two different materials can have different attributes, can be processed separately, and can be photolithographic-process incompatible.
One or more electrical conductors 40 electrically connect one or more of the circuit connection pads 24 to one or more of the electrodes 32 through the LED connection pads 34. The active electronic circuit 22 or additional conductive elements on the semiconductor substrate 20, if present, are thus electrically connected to the electrodes 32 and can provide signals to electrically stimulate and operate the LEDs 60. The semiconductor substrate 20 can have a process side 26 over which the LED 60 is micro-transfer printed. The LED 60 can have an area over the semiconductor substrate 20 that is smaller than the area of the active electronic circuit 22.
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The red, green, and blue LEDs 60R, 60G 60B can form an array of pixels each having one red, green, and blue LED 60R, 60G, 60B in a color display 12. The LEDs 60 can be micro-transfer printed so that each LED 60 has a fractured tether 94.
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A micro-transfer printed LED 60 can include at least a portion of a tether 94 from a native source wafer on which the LED 60 originates. Portions of a tether 94 result from fracturing a tether 94 on a source wafer 29 by pressing a stamp against the LED 60 during the micro-transfer printing process. The tethers 94 can be formed from one or more layers of the LED 60 or other layers disposed on the source wafer, for example an encapsulation layer. In some embodiments, the active electronic circuit 22 can be located at least partially between the LED 60 and the semiconductor substrate 20 (as shown, for example, in
To facilitate securing the LED 60 to the semiconductor substrate 20, an adhesive layer 50 or pattern of adhesive is provided between the LED 60 and the semiconductor substrate 20. The adhesive can be curable, for example, responsive to heat or electromagnetic radiation to cure and adhere the LED 60 to the semiconductor substrate 20. The adhesive can be a polymer or resin. For example, the adhesive can be SU8, photoresist, epoxy, viscous polymer, or a silicone. The adhesive can be coated on the semiconductor substrate 20 or the LED 60, or provided as a laminate between the semiconductor substrate 20 and the LED 60, or pattern-wise inkjet deposited on the semiconductor substrate 20 or the LEDs 60. The adhesive can be a solder that is reflowed to make an electrical connection and can be patterned over the circuit connection pads 24. In some embodiments, the adhesive layer 50 has an extent or area over the semiconductor substrate 20 that is different (i.e., larger or smaller) from the extent or area of the LED. The extent is taken in a plane parallel to the process side 26 of the semiconductor substrate 20 on which the LED 60 or LED 60 is micro-transfer printed. The adhesive can be patterned and materials and techniques for patterning curable adhesives are known.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the semiconductor substrate 20 can have two relatively flat and substantially parallel opposing sides and can be any structure having a process side 26 suitable for the deposition, processing, and patterning of active or passive electronic structures useful in forming patterned conductors or an active electronic circuit 22 and on which the LED 60 can be micro-transfer printed. Such structures include, but are not limited to, transistors, diodes, conductors, capacitors, and resistors and include patterned semiconductor structures, doped semiconductor structures, dielectrics such as silicon oxides and silicon nitrides, and conductors such as aluminum, copper, gold, silver, titanium, tantalum, and tin or alloys of such materials. The semiconductor substrate 20 can be glass, polymer, plastic, ceramic, semiconductor, or metal and can be rigid or flexible. For example, photolithographic processes for making integrated circuits or processing substrates can be employed with suitable semiconductor substrates 20. The semiconductor substrates 20 can include semiconductor materials such as silicon or compound semiconductor materials composed of two or more elements from different groups of the periodic table such as a III-V or II-VI semiconductor substrate 20. In some embodiments, the semiconductor substrate 20 is a crystalline semiconductor substrate 20, such as a crystalline silicon semiconductor in which circuits, such as CMOS circuits, can be formed using photolithographic processes. In certain embodiments, by using a crystalline semiconductor substrate 20, better performance is achieved than, for example, might be found in a structure using amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor materials.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the LEDs 60 are micro-transfer printed onto the semiconductor substrate 20. The LEDs 60 can be, for example, unpackaged bare die LEDs that are directly adhered to the semiconductor substrate 20. As also intended herein, reference to an LED 60 being micro-transfer printed on a semiconductor substrate 20 encompasses an LED 60 being micro-transfer printed on or over the active electronic circuit 22 or additional conductive elements on or in the semiconductor substrate 20 or a layer on the active electronic circuit 22, for example the adhesive layer 50. To be micro-transfer printed on or adhered to the active electronic circuit 22 means that the LED 60 is micro-transfer printed on or adhered to any of the elements of the active electronic circuit 22 or semiconductor substrate 20, for example upon a semiconductor layer, a patterned or doped semiconductor layer or structure, a conductor layer or patterned conductor, a dielectric layer, a patterned dielectric layer, a protective layer, or any other element of the active electronic circuit 22.
In contrast, as intended herein, a layer formed on a semiconductor substrate 20, for example by evaporation, sputtering, or ion beam exposure, whether patterned or not or annealed or not, is not micro-transfer printed upon or adhered to the semiconductor substrate 20 but rather is fused or welded to the underlying layer. Such a structure does not include separate, independent, and distinct substrates, one mounted upon the other, and is therefore distinct and different from a micro-transfer printed structure. As used herein, separate, independent, and distinct substrates are separately constructed, optionally at different times and at different locations using at least some different processes or on different wafers. After they are constructed, the separate, independent, and distinct substrates can be transported and stored separately and independently. Methods disclosed herein comprise micro-transfer printing one substrate (e.g., the LED 60) onto another separate, independent, and distinct substrate (e.g., the semiconductor substrate 20) and electrically interconnecting them with the electrical conductors 40. The substrates remain separate, independent, and distinct after they are combined into a common structure, since the substrates themselves both remain present in the combined structure.
The active electronic circuit 22 is a circuit that includes at least one active component or element, for example a transistor, a diode, an amplifier, an oscillator, or a switch. Passive components such as conductors, patterned conductors, resistors, capacitors, and inductors can also be included in the active electronic circuit 22. Elements of the active electronic circuit 22 are electrically connected to circuit connection pads 24. The circuit connection pads 24 are portions of the active electronic circuit 22 that are also available to make electrical connections with electrical devices external to the active electronic circuit 22, for example such as controllers, power supplies, ground, or signal connections. Similarly, the LED connection pads 34 are portions of the electrodes 32 or electrically conductive areas electrically connected to the electrodes 32. The circuit connection pads 24 or LED connection pads 34 can be, for example, rectangular or circular areas of electrically conductive materials such as the conductors listed above, accessible or exposed to external elements such as wires or conductors, including the electrical conductors 40 or electrodes 32. The circuit connection pads 24 or LED connection pads 34 can have any shape conducive to the formation of electrical connections.
Electrical connections to the circuit connection pads 24 can be made, for example, using solder and solder methods, photolithographic processes, conductive ink deposition by inkjet, or by contacting and, optionally, penetrating the circuit connection pads 24 with electrically conductive protrusions or spikes, such as connection posts 44, formed in or on a device with another substrate separate, distinct, and independent from the semiconductor substrate 20 and connected to electrodes 32 in the other substrate (as shown in
As intended herein, the electrically conductive protrusions or spikes pressed into, onto, or through the circuit connection pads 24 are adhered to the circuit connection pads 24 since the friction provided between the conductive protrusions or spikes and the circuit connection pads 24 causes them to adhere. The layer in which the conductive protrusions or spikes are pressed into, onto, or through the circuit connection pads 24 is therefore an adhesive layer 50. Furthermore, in some embodiments, an additional adhesive layer 50, or a portion or pattern of the adhesive layer 50 can be provided in combination with the conductive protrusions or spikes to adhere the semiconductor substrate 20 to the LED 60, as shown in
The LED 60 can be any substrate or layer having light-emitting properties and on or in which electrodes 32 can be formed. For example, the LED 60 can be or include one or more of any of a semiconductor, a compound semiconductor, a III-V semiconductor, a II-VI semiconductor, GaN, AlGaN, GaAs, AlGaAs, GaAsP, AlGaP, AlGaInP, GaP, InGaN, and ZnSe. The LED 60 can be processed using photolithographic methods to form the electrodes 32 and can have two relatively flat and substantially parallel opposing sides. Alternatively, other methods such as micro-embossing and inkjet deposition can be used to form structures on the LED 60. The LED 60 can be crystalline. In some embodiments, the processing materials and methods of the LED 60 and electrodes 32 are at least partially different from and incompatible with the processing materials and methods of the semiconductor substrate 20 or active electronic circuit 22.
The semiconductor substrate 20 and the LED 60 can take a variety of forms, shapes, sizes, and materials. In some embodiments, the LED 60 is thicker than the semiconductor substrate 20. In other embodiments, the LED 60 is thinner than the semiconductor substrate 20. The LED 60 and the semiconductor substrate 20 can have the same thickness. In certain embodiments, the semiconductor substrate 20 has a thickness less than 20 microns, less than 10 microns, or less than 5 microns. In certain embodiments, the LED 60 has a thickness less than 10 microns, less than 5 microns, or less than 1 micron. Alternatively, in certain embodiments, the LED 60 has a thickness greater than 0.5 microns, greater than 1 micron, greater than 2 microns, or greater than 5 microns. Such a variety of sizes can enable highly integrated and small structures useful in a corresponding variety of electronic systems.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as illustrated in
In some embodiments of the present invention, all of the LEDs 60 are substantially identical. In other embodiments, some of the LEDs 60 are different from others. For example, a first LED 60 of the plurality of LEDs 60 has one or more first attributes, a second LED 60 of the plurality of LEDs 60 has one or more second attributes and at least one of the first attributes is different from at least one of the second attributes. Attributes can include LED semiconductor material 30, crystal lattice structure, light output efficiency, or size, such as thickness, length, or width. Attributes can also include placement of electrodes, electrode material, electrode material composition or structure, or electrode size, such as thickness, length, or width.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the different LEDs 60 are formed on a common LED source wafer, for example using photolithographic processes, or from a plurality of substantially identical LED native source wafers. In another embodiment, multiple, different LED source wafers are provided having different LEDs 60 on them. For example, a first red LED wafer has first red LEDs 60R, a second green LED wafer has second green LEDs 60G, and both the first and second LEDs 60R, 60G from the respective first and second LED wafers are micro-transfer printed onto the adhesive layer 50. The LED source wafers can be different and the LEDs 60 from the different LED source wafers can be different, for example having different materials, crystal lattice structures, sizes, or electrodes, as discussed above.
In some embodiments of the present invention the LEDs 60 are chiplets. Chiplets can be small integrated circuits or processed substrates, for example bare die, that are integrated into a compound device structure using micro-transfer printing. In various embodiments, one or more LEDs 60 have a width from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm. In various embodiments, one or more LEDs 60 have a length from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm. In various embodiments, at least one of the semiconductor substrate 20 and the one or more LEDs 60 have a height from 2 to 5 μm, 4 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm. In certain embodiments, such small structures provide a high degree of integration and consequently reduced manufacturing costs and improved performance.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the semiconductor substrate 20 includes thermal dissipation layers, for example, on a side of the semiconductor layer 20 opposite the process side 26, beneath the active electronic circuit 22, or over the active electronic circuit 22 with vias for the circuit connection pads 24. The thermal dissipation layers, for example metal or metal mesh layers, can distribute heat generated by the active electronic circuit 22 and the LEDs 60, thereby improving performance and lifetime of the compound LED device 10.
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The active electronic circuit 22 includes one or more circuit connection pads 24 connected to the active electronic circuit 22 for providing signals to the active electronic circuit 22 or receiving signals from the active electronic circuit 22. An LED source wafer separate, distinct, and independent from the semiconductor substrate 20 is provided in step 120 and LEDs and electrodes 32 are formed in or on the LED source wafer in step 130 to form micro-transfer printable LEDs 60. In some embodiments, the micro-transfer printable LED 60 and electrodes 32 already formed in or on a source wafer are provided in a single step 125.
A layer 50 of adhesive is disposed between the LED 60 and the semiconductor substrate 20 in step 140, for example on the LED 60, on the semiconductor substrate 20, or with a laminate located between the LED 60 and the semiconductor substrate 20. The adhesive can be a patterned layer 50 of adhesive, for example inkjet-deposited adhesive material, provided by coating, or patterned using photolithography. The LED(s) 60 are disposed on the semiconductor substrate 20 in step 150 by micro-transfer printing. In some embodiments, step 150 is repeated to provide a plurality of LED(s) 60 micro-transfer printed on the semiconductor substrate 20 (e.g., corresponding to the structure of
In step 170, one or more electrodes 32 are connected to the circuit connection pads 24 or the active electronic circuit 22 or additional conductive elements on the semiconductor substrate 20 (if present) through the LED connection pads 34, electrical conductors 40, and circuit connection pads 24 in step 170 to construct a compound LED device 10. This step can be provided using photolithographic deposition and patterning of conductive materials or patterned deposition of conductive materials.
Alternatively, the step 170 of connecting the circuit connection pads 34 (or active electronic circuit 22, if present) to the LED connection pads 34 and electrodes 32 can be performed in a common step with the micro-transfer step 150 using the conductive protrusions or spikes, as illustrated in
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In operation, the compound LED device 10 or heterogeneous device 10 is operated by providing electrical signals from an external display controller (not shown) through circuit connection pads 24 to activate the active electronic circuit 22 on the semiconductor substrate 20. The active electronic circuit 22 can further process the signals or communicate the signals, or both, to the electrodes 32 on the LED semiconductor material 30 through the circuit connection pads 24, the electrical conductor 40, and the LED connection pads 34. The electrodes 32 provide signals to the LEDs 60 to cause them to emit light.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/743,981, filed Jun. 18, 2015, entitled Micro Assembled Micro LED Displays and Lighting Elements, describes micro-transfer printing structures and processes useful with the present invention, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. For a discussion of micro-transfer printing techniques that can be used or adapted for use with methods disclosed herein, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,722,458, 7,622,367 and 8,506,867, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Micro-transfer printing using compound micro assembly structures and methods can also be used with the present invention, for example, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822,868, filed Aug. 10, 2015, entitled Compound Micro-Assembly Strategies and Devices, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
As is understood by those skilled in the art, the terms “over”, “under”, “above”, “below”, “beneath”, and “on” are relative terms and can be interchanged in reference to different orientations of the layers, elements, and substrates included in the present invention. For example, a first layer on a second layer, in some embodiments means a first layer directly on and in contact with a second layer. In other embodiments, a first layer on a second layer can include one or more layers there between. Additionally, “on” can mean “on” or “in.” As additional non-limiting examples, a sacrificial layer or sacrificial portion 28 is considered “on” a substrate when a layer of sacrificial material or sacrificial portion 28 is on top of the substrate, when a portion of the substrate itself is the sacrificial layer 28, or when the sacrificial layer or sacrificial portion 28 comprises material on top of the substrate and a portion of the substrate itself.
Having described certain embodiments, it will now become apparent to one of skill in the art that other embodiments incorporating the concepts of the disclosure may be used. Therefore, the invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but rather should be limited only by the spirit and scope of the following claims.
Throughout the description, where apparatus and systems are described as having, including, or comprising specific components, or where processes and methods are described as having, including, or comprising specific steps, it is contemplated that, additionally, there are apparatus, and systems of the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited components, and that there are processes and methods according to the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited processing steps.
It should be understood that the order of steps or order for performing certain action is immaterial so long as the disclosed technology remains operable. Moreover, two or more steps or actions in some circumstances can be conducted simultaneously. The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
PARTS LIST
- A cross section line
- 10 compound LED device
- 12 display
- 20 semiconductor substrate
- 22 active electronic circuit
- 24 circuit connection pad
- 25 semiconductor material
- 26 process side
- 30 LED semiconductor material
- 32 electrode
- 34 LED connection pad
- 40 electrical conductor
- 44 connection posts
- 50 adhesive layer
- 52 patterned dielectric structure
- 54 reflective layer
- 56 transparent electrical conductor
- 60 LED
- 60R red LED
- 60G green LED
- 60B blue LED
- 94 tether
- 100 provide substrate step
- 105 provide semiconductor substrate with electronic circuit step
- 110 form electronic circuit on semiconductor substrate step
- 120 provide source wafer step
- 125 provide LED on source wafer step
- 130 form LED on source wafer step
- 140 dispose adhesive material step
- 150 micro-transfer print LED on semiconductor substrate step
- 160 optional cure adhesive layer step
- 170 connect electronic circuit to LED step
Claims
1. A compound light-emitting diode (LED) device, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate;
- two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads formed in or on the semiconductor substrate, the active electronic circuit electrically connected to the two or more circuit connection pads;
- one or more LEDs, each LED having at least two LED electrodes or connection pads and a fractured LED tether;
- an adhesive layer disposed between the semiconductor substrate and each LED, wherein each LED is micro-transfer printed on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED; and
- two or more electrical conductors, each electrical conductor electrically connecting one of the electrodes or LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads.
2. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the active electronic circuit is located at least partially between the LED and the semiconductor substrate.
3. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the LED has an opposite side that is opposite the semiconductor substrate and at least two of the LED connection pads are located on the opposite side.
4. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the LED has an adjacent side that is adjacent to the semiconductor substrate and at least two of the LED connection pads are located on the adjacent side.
5. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the LED has an opposite side opposite the semiconductor substrate and an adjacent side adjacent to the semiconductor substrate and at least one of the LED connection pads is located on the adjacent side and at least one of the LED connection pads is located on the opposite side.
6. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the active electronic circuit is a control circuit that controls the one or more LEDs.
7. The compound LED device of claim 1, comprising three LEDs, each LED having a different material, crystalline structure, or color of light emission.
8. The compound LED device of claim 1, comprising a plurality of groups of three different LEDs, the groups arranged in an array over the semiconductor substrate.
9. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the active electronic circuit is an active-matrix circuit.
10. The compound LED device of claim 9, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a process side, the electronic circuit is formed on or in the process side, and the LED is micro-transfer printed on the process side.
11. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a silicon substrate and each LED includes a compound semiconductor.
12. The compound LED device of claim 1, comprising two or more connection posts, each connection post electrically connected to a circuit connection pad or an LED connection pad.
13. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a display substrate and the one or more LEDs form a display.
14. The compound LED device of claim 13, wherein the display is a color display.
15. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein each LED is directly or indirectly adhered to the semiconductor substrate with an adhesive layer.
16. The compound LED device of claim 15 wherein the adhesive is a cured adhesive.
17. The compound LED device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate or one or more LEDs has at least one of a width from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, a length from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, and a height from 2 to 5 μm, 4 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm.
18. The compound LED device of claim 1, comprising a reflective structure around each LED that reflects light emitted by the LED out of the compound LED device.
19. A method of making a compound light-emitting diode (LED) device, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor substrate having an active electronic circuit formed in or on the semiconductor substrate and two or more electrically conductive circuit connection pads formed on the semiconductor substrate, the active electronic circuit electrically connected to the two or more circuit connection pads;
- providing one or more LEDs, each LED having at least two LED connection pads and a fractured LED tether;
- disposing an adhesive layer between the semiconductor substrate and each LED;
- disposing each LED on the adhesive layer and the adhesive layer adheres the semiconductor substrate to the LED; and
- forming two or more electrical conductors, each electrical conductor electrically connecting one of the LED connection pads to one of the circuit connection pads.
20. The method of claim 19, comprising micro-transfer printing the one or more LEDs from a source wafer to the semiconductor substrate.
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Type: Grant
Filed: May 30, 2017
Date of Patent: Jun 12, 2018
Patent Publication Number: 20170352646
Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited (Cork)
Inventors: Christopher Bower (Raleigh, NC), Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, NY)
Primary Examiner: David Vu
Application Number: 15/608,672